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Plato’s prescription: The origin myth of media theory [PDF]
Plato’s Phaedrus, perhaps his most enigmatic and structurally convoluted dialogue, could easily be said to inaugurate a pointed critique of mass media that persists to the present day.
Sutherland, Thomas
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Forging Common Origin in the Making of the Mexican Nation
The Mexican nation was built by the state. This construction involved the formulation and dissemination of a national identity to forge a community that shares common culture and social cohesion.
Natividad Gutiérrez Chong
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The Trienio constitucional, during which the absolutist king Ferdinand VII was forced to rule with a liberal government, was a crucial moment in Spanish history.
Maud Le Guellec
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The Torockó Myth. Notions to the Sociographic Interpretation of Heritage Space [PDF]
The paper shows the development of a myth about Torockó in the literary works (fiction and scientific literature as well). The analysis follows the myth from its foundation in the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century.
TAMÁSKA, Máté
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From Dustings of Snow to Wax Tablets. Forms of Remembrance in Selected Poems by Krisztina Tóth [PDF]
The present study aims at discussing memory and remembrance through their relationship with literature, more precisely, poetry. The analysis reaches back to Plato’s dialogue about the primacy of orality over literacy.
Vilma-Irén Mihály
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Faire le mythe. Histoire, récit et transformation en Amazonie
Making the Myth. History, narrative and transformation in Amazonia. By means of an analysis of different versions of a Parakanã (Tupi-Guarani) myth on the origin of the Whites, this article aims at comprehending how these versions are produced, how myths
Carlos Fausto
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Looking for Indigenous Entities in Afro-Brazilian Religions in Manaus: Activated Relations
This text is an entrance to the universe of Afro-Brazilian religions, in a search for the references, presence and action of indigenous entities. The focus begins with Umbanda, in whose origin myth indigenous entities have a foundational and central role.
Deise Lucy Oliveira Montardo
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The Impact of Indian myth on Occidental selected Poems
The current study deals with the impact and influence of the Indian myth on western literature in general and on the British and American poetry in particular. The concept of myth and its origin is somehow shadowy and ambiguous.
فادي بطرس كرومي حبش
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Concept of Myth as a Marker of Social Context: Roland Barthes and Pavel Gurevich [PDF]
Philosophers often incorporate the concept of myth in their works since it is an important part of human life. However, considering the concepts regarding such phenomenon as myth in certain philosophical works can also indicate other important issues ...
Oleksandra Legeza
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Dimensi Eko-Eskatologis dalam Mitos Penciptaan pada Masyarakat Manggarai Nusa Tenggara Timur
One of the problems suspected to be faced by human is environmental problems. Whereas in various traditions generated by the ancestors, it encourages harmony between human life and nature through mythology, including the teachings of eschatology.
Sefrianus Juhani +1 more
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